I can only imagine what was going through Lytle S. Adams’ mind when, upon hearing news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he thought, bats. An Idea Takes Flight On December 7, 1941, Adams, a dentist and inventor...
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Sarah Simonovich
The Invention and Application of Safety Grooving
I was running around with some friends in the rain one night when I witnessed something both horrible and hilarious happen when we crossed the street. When my friend’s foot hit the white paint indicating a...
Kayleigh DeMace
Steam and STEAM: How We Can Power the Next Industrial Revolution
History repeats itself, they say. And they, of course, often attribute this to the mistakes we make. Humans like to make the same errors over and over, never learning from their mistakes. This is an incredibly...
Biomimicry: When Nature Inspires Technology
Sometimes the best inventions just grab you and stick with you. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went on a hunting trip in the Alps with his dog. Upon returning home, he noticed that his four-legged friend’s...
3D Printed Houses Are Becoming a Real Estate Reality
I’m still trying to wrap my mind around 3D printers. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought up this technology. It’s truly an amazing breakthrough, and it’s still growing and new developments are continuing to...
The Mill BLACKBIRD: The Car That Can Transform Itself
Special effects have completely transformed film and video productions—with the help of SFX makeup, green screens, CGI and other technological advancements, production companies can turn the ordinary into something...
For the Love of Human Ingenuity: Understanding the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894
Once upon a time we wrote about the whale oil myth—the mythical notion that due to the free market/exchange, the discovery of petroleum directly saved the whales! This rather romantic notion simply isn’t true; not as an...
The Future is Now: The Self-Driving Car Revolution
Baby, you can’t drive my car… …because it’s going to drive itself. Duh. If you spend any time poking around the internet, you’ve probably encountered at least some glimpses into what many view as the future of the...
Falling in Love with the Rocket: Happy Birthday, Gravity’s Rainbow
While the Western world gathered ‘round their televisions last night to find out whether Leonardo DiCaprio would finally get the Oscar he so pined after (spoiler alert: he did), one of the most important anniversaries...
Think trips to the Gas Pump are too Inconvenient? Now there’s an App for That.
So chances are you’ve been here at some point in your life: you’re driving to work, already running late due to traffic, and your gaslight comes on. How is this possible? Didn’t you just fill your tank? Between grocery...